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descent into sth
常比喻从较好状态进入较差状态。
The country's descent into chaos was gradual.
该国逐渐陷入混乱。
下降；下落
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
下降；下落
The act of moving from a higher to a lower place.
The country's descent into chaos was gradual.
该国逐渐陷入混乱。
下降；下落
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
下坡路；向下的通道
A way down.
倾斜的通道或坡道
A sloping passage or incline.
血统；世系
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
The plane began its descent toward the airport.
飞机开始向机场降落。
She is of Irish descent on her mother's side.
她母亲一方有爱尔兰血统。
The descent was steep and rocky, making the hike treacherous.
下坡路陡峭多石，使得徒步旅行充满危险。
常比喻从较好状态进入较差状态。
The country's descent into chaos was gradual.
该国逐渐陷入混乱。
用于描述家族血缘或祖籍。
She is of French descent.
她有法国血统。
形容词修饰descent，描述下坡的坡度。
The road had a steep descent.
这条路有一个陡峭的下坡。
Not this
He descent the stairs quickly.
Use this
He descends the stairs quickly.
descent 是名词，不能直接用作动词。表示“下降”时应用动词 descend。汉语中“下降”既可作名词也可作动词，导致误用。
Not this
She is a descent and honest person.
Use this
She is a decent and honest person.
descent (家系、下降) 与 decent (得体的、正派的) 拼写相似但含义不同。此处误用为形容词，应使用 decent。
Not this
He is a direct descent of Confucius.
Use this
He is a direct descendant of Confucius.
descent 表示“血统、家系”是抽象概念，而 descendant 表示“后代”是具体的人。指人时应用 descendant。
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陡峭的下坡
The hikers carefully navigated the steep descent.
徒步者小心地通过了陡峭的下坡。
快速下降
The plane began a rapid descent toward the runway.
飞机开始向跑道快速下降。
陷入（某种状态）
The country's descent into chaos was alarming.
该国陷入混乱的状态令人担忧。
血统上
She is a noblewoman by descent.
她血统上是贵族。
高贵血统
He claimed noble descent from a medieval king.
他声称拥有中世纪国王的高贵血统。
继承谱系
They traced their line of descent back to the 17th century.
他们将继承谱系追溯到了17世纪。
陷入疯狂
The novel portrays the protagonist's gradual descent into madness.
这部小说描绘了主人公逐渐陷入疯狂的过程。
家系；血统
She can trace her line of descent back to the 17th century.
她可以将自己的家系追溯到17世纪。
突然袭击；蜂拥而至
Tourists made a sudden descent upon the small village.
游客们突然蜂拥而至这个小村庄。
《黑暗侵袭》
I watched 'The Descent' last night.
我昨晚看了《黑暗侵袭》。
《人类的由来》
Darwin's 'The Descent of Man' discusses human evolution.
达尔文的《人类的由来》讨论了人类进化。
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联想：家族树向下延伸（血统）如同走下坡（下降）。
descent作为名词有两个主要义项：1. 下降，中性语域，常见于航空、登山、图表统计等场景；2. 血统/家系，偏正式语域，多见于家谱、法律文件或历史讨论。
ascent, consent, dissent, scent, and cent share the stressed vowel and ending sound /sent/ as in descent. Be careful: decent (/ˈdiːsənt/) and recent (/ˈriːsənt/) are lookalikes that sound different.
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